A falling rocket booster just completely flattened a building in China ~space spaceflight rocketry Article 622 words 14 votes
UPS employees allegedly ran massive drug shipment operation, evading authorities for a decade ~news usa.az.tucson mexico crime.organized Article 1048 words 12 votes
Pour one out for the Steam Controller, now on closeout sale for just $5 plus shipping ~games Article 747 words 27 votes
Like This Or Die - The fate of the book review in the age of the algorithm ~books reviews Article 6908 words, published Apr 1 2019 4 votes
What once seemed impossible is now undeniable: The Redskins have lost Washington ~sports.american_football Article 1221 words 6 votes
Peckish pedestrians in Copenhagen will soon be able to pluck healthy snacks directly from greenery around the city ~food Article 299 words 13 votes
China tried to plant its candidate in Australian Federal Parliament, authorities believe ~news china australia politics Article 1626 words 17 votes
Iraq's defence minister Najah al-Shammari accused of benefit fraud in Sweden ~news sweden crime iraq Article 223 words 3 votes
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "Cancel culture" has always existed - for the powerful, at least - now social media has democratized it ~tech social media Article 1262 words 18 votes
The shoals of Ukraine - Where American illusions and great-power politics collide ~humanities.history Article 4324 words 5 votes
Google is going to deploy Loon balloons in rural Peru ~tech internet google Article 357 words 9 votes
Inside Apple’s iPhone software shakeup after buggy iOS 13 debut ~tech apple ios.13 ios.14 Article 13 votes
From January, jet fuel suppliers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel – a policy Oslo hopes will lead to lower CO2 emissions ~enviro Article 557 words 7 votes
Sweden will become the first market where all Coca-Cola products are sold in fully recycled plastic bottles ~enviro recycling plastics pollution Article 11 votes
How bison create the spring : Indigenous groups are leading efforts to reintroduce free-roaming buffalo throughout their lands ~enviro conservation Article 531 words 11 votes
The homeownership obsession - How buying homes became a part of the American dream—and also a nightmare ~life housing Article 4561 words, published Nov 13 2019 35 votes
From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square ~life Article 207 words 7 votes
Sweden's central bank sells off bonds from Canadian province of Alberta and parts of Australia over climate concerns ~finance economics Article 482 words 7 votes
Stammer time - Stutterers reach beyond the medical model of disability ~health Article 3900 words, published Nov 4 2019 4 votes
Google is an emerging health-care juggernaut, and privacy laws weren’t written to keep up ~health healthcare Article 461 words 14 votes
The strange life and mysterious death of Jerrold Haas, co-founder of the educational-blockchain startup Tessr ~tech Article 7850 words 7 votes
They turn ’49 Mercurys and Shelby Cobras into EVs, one Tesla carcass at a time ~transport Article 1578 words 6 votes
SoftBank poured $100 billion into start-ups that use armies of contractors, upending the lives of drivers, hotel operators and real estate agents around the world ~finance business Article 3071 words 8 votes
How scientists got climate change so wrong ~enviro climate change Article 1831 words, published Nov 8 2019 20 votes
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations ~health Article 1359 words 10 votes
Harrods was accused of ruining the spirit of Christmas after limiting Santa visits to customers who spend over $2,500 ~news united kingdom.london Article 393 words 11 votes
It’s time to manage expectations for the rest of ‘Destiny 2’ year three ~games Article 702 words 4 votes
How the US betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster ~enviro climate change Article 5621 words 9 votes
The math for Elizabeth Warren’s US health-care plan adds up if you accept its ludicrous premise ~health healthcare Article 870 words 10 votes
'OK boomer': New Zealand MP shuts down climate change heckler with viral quip ~news new zealand politics Article 211 words 21 votes
Facebook's former Head of Global Elections Integrity Ops on how Facebook's policies towards political advertising are harming democracy ~tech facebook social media Article 6 votes
Martin Scorsese: I said Marvel movies aren’t cinema. Let me explain ~movies Article 1577 words 22 votes
SpaceX and Boeing still need a parachute that always works ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 664 words 6 votes
I got access to my secret consumer score. Now you can get yours, too. ~finance Article 1631 words 14 votes
“Affordances” - A new science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow about algorithmic bias ~books science fiction short stories Article 5858 words, published Oct 26 2019 7 votes
Hackers can use lasers to ‘speak’ to your Amazon Echo or Google Home ~tech security amazon google.home Article 1378 words 10 votes
Iceland has become the world's leading miner of digital currency – then the crypto-crooks showed up ~finance cryptocurrency Article 5103 words 5 votes